{"id":75273,"date":"2021-09-21T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=75273"},"modified":"2021-09-20T19:48:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T23:48:28","slug":"nick-hess-announces-run-for-oregon-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/nick-hess-announces-run-for-oregon-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Hess Announces Run for Oregon Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TIGARD, Ore., Sept. 21, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Nick Hess, local business owner and entrepreneur, announced today his candidacy for the Republican nomination as Oregon Governor for the 2022 election. Mr. Hess is running as a moderate, fiscal conservative in hopes of bringing Oregonians together.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/21-0921-nick-hess-forgov-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"Nick Hess Announces Run for Oregon Governor\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-75266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/21-0921-nick-hess-forgov-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/images\/21-0921-nick-hess-forgov-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Nick Hess<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nick Hess is an entrepreneur and business owner. He is a lifelong Oregonian. He grew up in Portland and graduated from Lincoln High School. At age 14, he started his first company&#8211;a residential IT business. With 21 years of real-world, business experience, Mr. Hess is well-versed in managing budgets, fostering relationships, and creating opportunities for growth.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, he acts as CEO and owner of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SureTec IT<\/strong> (a cybersecurity and IT managed services provider located in Tigard, OR &amp; Dayton, OH),<\/li>\n<li><strong>SureTel<\/strong> (a nationwide VoIP telecommunications company),<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cookin&#8217; Class<\/strong> (a cooking class business he owns and operates with his wife, Christy, in Tigard, OR).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition, he is father to a 9-year-old son.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Vote Hess Campaign<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nick Hess is running for all Oregonians stuck in the middle of the political divide. He is looking to give a voice to those who feel forgotten and left behind.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Hess&#8217;s campaign is focused on common-sense solutions for Oregon. As a business owner, he is comfortable making tough decisions, negotiating, and finding common ground.<\/p>\n<p>His campaign will center around 4 main principles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Transparency<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Building trust through transparency. Oregonians should be allowed access to budget information and data collected by state agencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Voice<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Giving Oregonians a voice through the creation of the Oregon Ideas Portal (www.ideasoregon.com). Every Oregonian&#8211;regardless of party affiliation&#8211;can directly voice their ideas, opinions, and concerns. Creating real change begins with a conversation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Re-envision<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Establish accountability and realistic solutions to Oregon&#8217;s drug and homelessness problem. Change the national image of Oregon and increase state tourism.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, he wants to reinvigorate the police force by giving them the tools they need to operate effectively in 2022.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Improve<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Modernize and future-proof both Oregon&#8217;s digital and physical infrastructure by utilizing modern technology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about Nick Hess visit <a href=\"https:\/\/votehess.com\">https:\/\/votehess.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Logo: <a href=\"https:\/\/votehess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/VoteHessLogo.png\">https:\/\/votehess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/VoteHessLogo.png<\/a><\/p>\n<p>-Nick photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/votehess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nick_Hess_Governor-scaled.jpg\">https:\/\/votehess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Nick_Hess_Governor-scaled.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PAID FOR BY HESS FOR OREGON<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TIGARD, Ore., Sept. 21, 2021 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Nick Hess, local business owner and entrepreneur, announced today his candidacy for the Republican nomination as Oregon Governor for the 2022 election. Mr. Hess is running as a moderate, fiscal conservative in hopes of bringing Oregonians together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9112,"featured_media":75266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,12804,48,537],"tags":[16886,16885,13913],"class_list":["post-75273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-news","category-ap","category-government-news","category-oregon-news","tag-oregon-governor","tag-oregon-politics","tag-republican-candidate","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":6405,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}